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2.3" Adrisiops Trilobite - New Phacopid Species
This is a 2.3" long specimens of Adrisiops weugi, a fairly rare species of phacopid from Morocco. It has a distinctive bulging glabella covered in large tubercles. This specimen is nicely prepared with nice eye facet preservation. About 3% shell restoration, mainly in a patch on the left-back side of the thorax.
About Trilobites
Trilobites are an extinct class of marine arthropods that thrived for nearly 270 million years, from the early Cambrian to the end of the Permian period (around 521 to 252 million years ago). They are one of the most successful and diverse groups in the history of life, with over 25,000 described species spanning a wide range of sizes, shapes, and ecological niches. Known for their distinctive, segmented exoskeletons, trilobites provide invaluable insights into the evolutionary history of arthropods and the dynamics of ancient marine ecosystems.
Trilobites are an extinct class of marine arthropods that thrived for nearly 270 million years, from the early Cambrian to the end of the Permian period (around 521 to 252 million years ago). They are one of the most successful and diverse groups in the history of life, with over 25,000 described species spanning a wide range of sizes, shapes, and ecological niches. Known for their distinctive, segmented exoskeletons, trilobites provide invaluable insights into the evolutionary history of arthropods and the dynamics of ancient marine ecosystems.
SPECIES
Adrisiops weugi
AGE
LOCATION
Jbel Oudriss, Morocco
SIZE
2.3" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#87584
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